We've been trying to take some sort of trip every Saturday that we've been here, whether it is a little day trip or a longer outing. The first one we took was to Helsingor, a small town on the north-eastern end of the island Copenhagen (and we) are situated on. If you say Helsingor five times fast, you'll get Elsinore, most famous as the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet. The centerpiece of the town is the gloomy castle where the famed and mostly fictionalized prince met his demise. It was described to us as rather gray and dreary- which it was, and which really is just exactly what Hamlet's castle probably should be.
Besides that, the town is just five miles across the water from Sweden, and since Denmark sells goods for so much cheaper, lots of Swedes will ferry across the sea to stock up on cheap stuff. Consequently, Helsingor is a cute shopping town as well. A golden pretzel above the window of a shop to Mel means a bakery, and to Adam means slow down, Mel is going to make a stop. Outside of the chocolate, the cheese, and the pastries, the food here leaves much to be desired, but goodness, you can certainly fill
up on chocolate and cheese and pastries. The one Mel is sampling here (probably her favorite) is a little citrus-flavored cookie that is crispy on the outside and spongy-soft on the inside, covered with chocolate mousse and then sealed shut with a hardened layer of chocolate. Mmmmm.... We also visited a great little cheese shop and had our first taste of the polser- a much-varied hot dog that is the Danish answer to fast food.
